Gibarch vs Loonion

Hey,

what should i upgrade next, after maxed loons, that will finish in few hours. Giants are complete monsters at lvl6, but i dont know if i will need anymore, considering that i can use now loonion for farming de.

Which strategy is more effective is a question.

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Thoughts?

In my experience without boosting either army:

GIBARCH: Better for farming gold & elixir in Gold & Crystal leagues. Heroes help a lot. DE farming is decent in C3 or lower as well. No spells required, though Heal helps when you are getting to the core of a good base. You can BARCH collector raids without needing to use giants too. Better resources per hour. Faster training time.

LOONION: Better for "lazy farming," when you only want to attack once per 45-60 minutes or less. Heroes not necessarily needed. Rage spells almost always required for harder bases, thus more training time and elixir cost. Unable to hit many collector raids without burning a more time-costly chunk of your army (less ideal than the "barch" part of GIBARCH). Stronger for getting DE in high Crystal or Masters leagues, but much less lucrative for elixir. Less resources per hour.

Edit: to answer your first question, I would vote archers then giants.

Ehh archers doesnt improve enough...dont mention the price :facepalm:

I will do giants then for hardcore farming, while loonion for lazy days :cool:

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Originally Posted by IlDiavolo

Ehh archers doesnt improve enough...dont mention the price :facepalm:

I will do giants then for hardcore farming, while loonion for lazy days :cool:

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The boost isn't that big for archers if you look at it for 1 individual troop. However, archers are troops you bring in large groups of 110-220 for TH9 farming if you BARCH or just all out archer. This means that the small boost you gain stacks that many times and becomes a much larger bonus.

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Originally Posted by budawpi

In my experience without boosting either army:

GIBARCH: Better for farming gold & elixir in Gold & Crystal leagues. Heroes help a lot. DE farming is decent in C3 or lower as well. No spells required, though Heal helps when you are getting to the core of a good base. You can BARCH collector raids without needing to use giants too. Better resources per hour. Faster training time.

LOONION: Better for "lazy farming," when you only want to attack once per 45-60 minutes or less. Heroes not necessarily needed. Rage spells almost always required for harder bases, thus more training time and elixir cost. Unable to hit many collector raids without burning a more time-costly chunk of your army (less ideal than the "barch" part of GIBARCH). Stronger for getting DE in high Crystal or Masters leagues, but much less lucrative for elixir. Less resources per hour.

Edit: to answer your first question, I would vote archers then giants.

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Totally agree, great explanation in my opinion. Try 16 giants 8 wbs 44 barbs and 80archs with 6 giants in CC, bring a rage spell, 2 heals and a jump just in case the battle gets too tough. It's working good for de farming for me

Decided to upgrade Giants to 6 ahead of Loons to 6 strictly for farming purposes. I am 3 weeks into TH9 and currently opted out of war so i do not feel a need to upgrade loons yet. However, the next upgrade after giants will be loons.

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Originally Posted by Stefano93

Totally agree, great explanation in my opinion. Try 16 giants 8 wbs 44 barbs and 80archs with 6 giants in CC, bring a rage spell, 2 heals and a jump just in case the battle gets too tough. It's working good for de farming for me

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Same thing I've been using. Very effective and a ton cheaper than a loon based attack. Plus not reliant on spells, at most on heal spell per raid.

I did Giants, loons, hogs, and now onto archers. Archers is a small boost but it stops them being ones shotted by lev6 mortars which makes a huge difference.

Not sure what the buzz is about loonion. It's expensive, takes too long, and spells are probably needed to augment the loons as they are way too slow. I'm going to give it a try sometime, but I prefer Gi-Barch/Gi-BAG. Quicker, cheaper, and faster, plus not subject to air defence attack.

I used giant healer till my th9 was maxed now I loonion because I am just upgrading heros and the attack is much stronger. If I come across a collector raid it is pretty easy to put down loons as shield and minis to get collectors quick. I wouldn't upgrade archers till much later. But L6 giants are a great upgrade and loons should follow.